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| St. Märgen | ||
| federal state | Baden-Wuerttemberg | |
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| Residents | 1.861 (2019) | |
| height | 895 m | |
| Tourist info | 49 (0)7652 120 60 www.hochschwarzwald.de/Attraktionen/Tourist-Information-St.-Maergen | |
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St. Märgen is a community in Black Forest and nationally recognized Health resort. Optical landmarks are the twin towers of the baroque church that can be seen from afar. It has regional significance as Place of pilgrimage and as the home of those bred in the Black Forest Draft horse, called St. Märgener Fox.
background
The core village is located in the north of the extensive municipal area, which is on a Plateau until 1 Thurner extends in the south. With some deeply cut valleys in the west and east, it is between 570 and 1132 m above sea level. In the agricultural area outside, forests and fields alternate, with the typical scattered settlement development in Glashütte, Thurner and Schweighöfe condensing into small hamlets. The watershed between Dreisam and Elz divides the municipality in a north-south direction. The smaller eastern part that drained to the Elz was an independent municipality under the name Hinterstraß until it was incorporated in 1936.
Neighboring communities are St. Peter, Buchenbach, Breitnau, Titisee-Neustadt, Furtwangen, Guttenbach and Simonswald.
Place of pilgrimage
The founding monks from Lorraine brought this around 1118 Miraculous image with, a Romanesque seated Madonna with baby Jesus. This made St. Märgen the Marian pilgrimage site and remained so after the abolition of the monastery in 1806. That Patronage called Patronage party is on August 15th (Assumption of Mary) and is celebrated on the preceding or following Sunday with a solemn procession through the village.
Another stream of pilgrims is drawn to the Ohmenkapalle, not far from the village, which is dedicated to the apostle Judas Thaddäus.
Riding and horses
To several shows, markets and competitions around the horse, the each year take place on the second weekend in September the Rossfest, which is celebrated every 3 years - Day of the Black Forest Horse - take place, next date is 2019[outdated] .
getting there
By plane
- Basel-Mulhouse Airport (BSL / MLH) in southern Alsace (Route network, current flights) is the closest airport. The direct bus connection (a stopover in [[w: Neuenburg_am_Rhein]) from there to the main train station Freiburg has a travel time of about an hour, see Timetable and Details to stops, reservations, pick-up service, etc.
- From airport Zurich (ZRH) there is one Remote bus connection, the (with a stop in Loerrach Hbf.) Reached Freiburg Hbf. In 2:15 hours.
- From Frankfurt am Main Airport (FRA) you can take the ICE every hour (travel time two hours) to Freiburg Hbf. Many of the ICEs run via "Frankfurt (Main) Hbf" instead of via "Frankfurt (M) Flughafen Fernbf" (s. Timetable), which can be reached from the airport train station with the S-Bahn lines S8 and S9 in the direction of Hanau.
By train
The Höllentalbahn leaves Freiburg Central Station every half hour (s. Timetable) via Kirchzarten to Hinterzarten. Several times a day there are buses from Kirchzarten via Stegen and St. Peter Line 7216 to St. Märgen and partly over the Thurner and Breitnau to Hinterzarten. From Hinterzarten buses run on the same line, but in the opposite direction, via Thurner and St. Märgen to Kirchzarten (attention: some buses only run parts of the Kirchzarten-Hinterzarten route or vice versa). With the Line 7261 there is a connection to Neustadt. Guests with a guest card have cone-Verbund free travel in almost the entire Black Forest.
In the street
- Leave the A5 (Frankfurt in the direction of Basel) at the Freiburg Nord exit and follow the B294 (in parts identical to the B3 in the direction of Emmendingen) in the direction of Glottertal. At Denzlingen turn onto the L112, which leads through the Glottertal up to St. Peter. From there it is another 7 km on the L127 to St. Märgen
- St. Märgen is on the German clock route and at the Black Forest panorama road
By bicycle
- If you just want to save money, you should think twice about whether you want to take on the hardships of a journey into the mountains. But if you are not afraid of demanding tours, you could, for example, find a taste in this direct connection via the Black Forest, which from Strasbourg to Zurich via St. Märgen leads.
- If you cross the Black Forest lengthways from Karlsruhe in the north to Basel in the south, you will reach the heights of the Black Forest cycle path St. Märgens neighboring municipality of Furtwangen to the east with the stop at Neueck. From there, on the way to the next Friedwald Friedenweiler stop, the cycle path crosses the B500 - if you turn right onto the B500 instead (westwards), you will reach St. Märgens' southern district of Thurner after a few kilometers.
- The Friedwald Friedenweiler stop mentioned on the previous route is the starting point of the Danube cycle path to the Black Sea - or in the opposite direction the route for cyclists from the Balkan capitals Belgrade (Serbia), Budapest (Hungary), Bratislava (Slovakia) and Vienna (Austria) to St. Märgen.
mobility
Car or motorcycle make sense to get everywhere, but not essential. Anyone who is good on foot (or bike) can also reach all corners. Guests receive the KONUS guest card for free use of local public transport (buses and trains in almost the entire Black Forest).
Tourist Attractions
- The one equipped with twin towers 2 baroque parish and pilgrimage church lies in the ensemble of the former Augustinian Canons Monastery. The carvings inside are by the monastery sculptor Matthias Faller.
- The 3 Climbing mill (500 m east of the village, above the sports grounds or the MTB trail) is a popular postcard motif (no interior viewing).
- in the Monastery museum With the Black Forest watch collection, exhibits on trade routes for watches and the fate of Black Forest watch dealers in the distance are also shown. Every year on the first Saturday of October there is a long museum night (8 p.m. to midnight).
- The 4 Hexenlochmühle
the Glashütte district with its distinctive two water wheels also has a shop and a restaurant. - Also in the east of the municipality begins the steeply sloping Wildgutach valley with the north running 5 Zweribach waterfalls on the western edge and opposite, on the eastern edge, the hiking destinations 6 Balzer Lord God and 7 Pond gorge . Near the Balzer Herrgott is the Fallerhof, known from television as an outdoor backdrop (television series "The Fallers").
- Cultural routes: There are information boards on around 30 historically significant buildings that explain the history of the building or its residents
- Along the scenic hiking trail from St. Märgen to the Thurner district, the Project boundary stones. 9 sandstone steles - representing 9 centuries - explain the connections between local and European history through sculptural design and text panels
- The landscape itself offers sights at every turn, especially panoramic views over the Dreisamtal west to Feldberg (highest Black Forest peak), Schauinsland (the so-called "local mountain" Freiburgs), to the Candelabra and with a very clear view up to the Vosges in France.
activities
- Skiing on the Thurnerspur, Germany's first cross-country ski trail (see p. Network plan for the Black Forest)
- Hiking on numerous marked hiking trails with a wonderful panorama: for Zweribach waterfall, to the Neighboring village, to the Thurner or back,
- Nordic walking
- Mountain biking on the permanent Training and competition course at the sports fields and through the woods; Tour suggestions
- Horseback riding and carriage rides
- Fun or wellness in Bathing paradise in Titisee
- Naturerlebnispark Pfisterwald east of the town center is a leisure facility with a forest playground, adventure playground, beach volleyball area, artificial turf tennis courts, riding arena, soccer fields, natural swimming pond, illuminated Finnbahn, illuminated toboggan run in an old hollow path, cross-country ski trails, mountain bike training trail, hiking trails, including Fitz-Hockenjos forest nature trail on fauna and flora, large fairground and the Black Forest Hall, an event hall in the building tradition of old Black Forest farms.
- Monastery pond natural swimming pool in the Pfisterwald nature park. The natural outdoor pool offers fresh mountain spring water and is wonderfully refreshing in summer
shop
With the Landmarkt in the center of the village, the Schuler bakery, the Hättich butcher and the bistro shop at the petrol station, there is a basic supply. At Kirchplatz 13, the Tännlehof has a food vending machine available around the clock. Larger supermarkets are located in St. Peter, 7 km away, or in the small towns of Neustadt or Kirchzarten, 18 km away.
A post office is located on the ground floor of the town hall
A vehicle rental, sale and service is available from STIHL-Dienst Josef Saier, Rankhofstraße.
Electrical devices and stationery are available from Elektro-Faller, which also offers the local lottery ticket office.
On the church square there is the interior decoration Löffler, which sells leather goods, bags and haberdashery in their shop.
The Mark carpenter's shop offers skiing and walking equipment.
kitchen
- 1 Cafe Goldene Krone, Wagensteigstrasse 10. Tel.: (0)7669 939 99 88. The building, erected in 1753 as a monastery hostel, was later operated as a hotel, then it stood empty for years. In the meantime apartments have been installed, the cafe in the Crown is run by the rural women.
- Hotel Lowen
- Inn Rössle
- Froilein Sany
- Café Wangler
- Hotel Hirschen
- Gasthaus Sonne Neuhäusle
- Felsenstüble
- Café Schuler
- Thurner inn
- Gasthaus Kreuz
- Overview a wide range of hotel restaurants, regional specialties and bars
nightlife
There is of course no nightlife in the urban sense. But also in the country night owls from young to old get their money's worth with the ghost walks popular in a large area (see p. approximate route) from the center of the village to the Pfisterwald, which take place every 14 days during the summer holidays (August) on Mondays from dusk (registration in the morning at the Tourist Info). Every year on the first Saturday of October there is a long museum night in the monastery museum (8 p.m. to midnight). For friends of pop music there is the Black Forest Hall cover bands on several weekends.
accommodation
- 1 Hotel Hirschen, Feldbergstrasse 9. Tel.: 49 7669 940680.
- 2 Lions, Glottertalstrasse 15. Tel.: 49 7669 3 76.
- 3 Roessle, Wagensteigstrasse 7. Tel.: (0)7669 213.
- Further accommodations in St. Märgen (from hotels to private holiday apartments and farm holidays) are on the Online presence of the Black Forest to find.
health
- A joint practice of two general practitioners and a pharmacy are located at Wagensteigstraße 11.
- Pharmacy emergency service finder: Tel. 0800 0022 8 33 (free of charge from landlines) or Tel. 22 8 33 (mobile phone max. 69 ct./min; as of January 26, 2013) or at Quick search of the regional pharmacy chamber Baden-Württemberg, enter the postcode 79274 and the date in the query mask
- Medical emergency service in the southern Black Forest on weekends and public holidays: Freiburg emergency practice (in the university clinic), Hugstetter Straße 55, 79106 Freiburg, Tel. 0761 8 09 98 00
- Dental emergency number on weekends and public holidays: 0180 3 22 25 55-45
- Ambulance service: Tel. 1 92 22 (without area code)
Practical advice
- Tourist Information St. Märgen, Rathausplatz 6, 79274 St. Märgen. Tel.: (0)7652 1206 - 0, Email: [email protected].
- Telephone code: 07669
- Postal code: 79274
- Of the cellular networks, the D1 network has the best reception, but due to the topography, smaller and larger radio gaps must be expected everywhere.
- Fixed line internet (DSL) reaches 16,000 megabits in the village center, outside this value drops.
- There is a Volksbank and a Sparkasse branch with ATMs in the village
trips
Possible excursion destinations in the nearby region:
- Waters: Titisee and Schluchsee; Triberg waterfalls and Todtnau waterfall
- Black Forest Open Air Museum Vogtsbauernhof
- Amusement parks: Steinwasen Park in Oberried, Europe Park in Rust and Waldkirch treetop path (Summer half year from Easter)
- Visitor mines, caves: Schauinsland museum mine and Erdmannshöhle in Hasel
- old crafts: Glass blowing in the Hell Valley, German clock museum in Furtwangen
- other proposals
literature
- Wolfgang Abel: Southern Black Forest, 31 easy discoveries. OASE Verlag, Badenweiler, ISBN 978-3-88922-046-2 (Chapters 1 - 4 deal with St. Märgen and its surroundings; Reading sample)
- Werner Kästle: Hiking, looking, experiencing: Along the Dreisam and in the areas of its tributaries. Schillinger Verlag, Freiburg, ISBN 978-3-89155-373-2 (32 hiking suggestions on marked paths along the Dreisam and into the areas of its tributaries with many references to historical, geological, faunistic, botanical and local history features; one route starts in St. Märgen)
- Hiking map of St. Märgen, Scale 1: 25000, series "Hochtouren" of the Tourist-Information St. Märgen / Hochschwarzwald Touristik GmbH, by Digitale Kartografie Frank Ruppenthal (September 2009)
- Monika Rombach: The Black Forest Fox "... stay true to you, little forest". Maienstein Verlag, Kirchzarten, ISBN 3-932179-66-8 (Info about the book)
- Manfred Hermann: St. Märgen in the Black Forest and its pilgrimage history. 32 pages, 36 illustrations, 1st edition 2002, Art publisher Josef Fink, Lindenberg, ISBN 978-3-89870-079-5
- Manfred Hermann: Catholic parish and pilgrimage church of the Assumption, St. Märgen in the Black Forest. 40 pages, 45 ills., Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg, ISBN 978-3-89870-135-8
- Manfred Hermann: The Black Forest sculptor Matthias Faller (1707-1791). His life and work in St. Märgen, 64 pages, 58 illustrations, 1st edition 2006, Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg, ISBN 978-3-89870-270-6
- St. Märgen - 900 years of living history A reader. St. Märgen 2017. 479 pages, Gutenbergdruckerei Benedikt Oberkirch, Freiburg i. Br. ISBN 978-3-00-058239-4
Web links
- http://www.sankt-maergen.de - Official website of St. Märgen
- St. Märgen between St. Peter and Thurner
- St. Märgen Monastery Museum
- Border stones
- Cultural routes
- Southern Black Forest Nature Park
- Bathing paradise in Titisee
